Here are 10 New Nordic Novels for 2025 2024 proved to be a vintage year for English language releases of Nordic literature and early indications show 2025 to be shaping up to be an equally tantalising year. From first-time translations … Continue reading 10 New Nordic Novels for 2025
While TV and film companies have been falling over themselves to snap up adaptation rights to Nordic novels in 2024, authors have continued to publish new works, be they additions to already popular long-running series or brand-new additions and voices … Continue reading Best Nordic Novels of 2024
It is our annual Top 10 picks where we select our best Nordic films of 2024 – it is important to note that this is based on films that have been released in the UK and are accessible via a … Continue reading Best Nordic Films of 2024
Wherever you look when it comes to streamers in the UK, you’re bound to find a film or series starring the up-and-coming Danish star Vic Carmen Sonne. On the BFI Player you’ll find her earlier hits, 2018’s Holiday and last … Continue reading Introducing Vic Carmen Sonne: Nordic rising star
Another year has passed and it is hard to imagine that at one point we were worried about how many Nordic series would be available to us in the UK, how wrong we were, and how spoilt we got! Here … Continue reading Best Nordic TV Series of 2024
The immigration experience is a subject that often dominates Scandinavian television and films. We are often shown poverty and violence; gang violence and police brutality. Rarely are we shown colour, love, food and family. Kaveh Tehrani’s Listen Up! (Hør her’a!) … Continue reading Listen Up! (Hør her’a!) – Film Review
At this time of year, when you’re faced with sideways rain, gale force winds and seemingly endless darkness, a trip to somewhere sunny sounds like the perfect antidote. Perhaps you’ve even considered the spending time amongst the azure seas, golden … Continue reading La Palma on Netflix: Disaster Meets Family Drama
Who polices the police? The concept of the ‘corrupt cop’ is nothing new and the basis for many books and TV series, but in The Traitor, Jørn Lier Horst’s latest installment in the popular Wisting series, it takes on a … Continue reading The Traitor by Jorn Lier Horst – Book Review
For many people, the Swedish reggae-pop four-piece Ace of Base played a formative part of their youth. Whether it was their first experience of dance music in a club, cheesy pop that was pleasant to listen to in the car … Continue reading Ace of Base Documentary: Behind the Music and Fame
Back in October, Dag Johan Haugerud’s film, ‘Sex’, had its premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. It was the first time one of his films had been screened in the UK despite his previous film Barn (Beware The Children) … Continue reading Dag Johan Haugerud’s Film ‘Sex’: Exploring Sexuality and Identity
There’s an effortless romance often associated with biker gangs on screen. The open road, the faded denim, the sense of community. But that’s not the approach that director and series co-creator Milad Alami has taken to Bullshit, Viaplay’s new six-part … Continue reading Bullshit – Viaplay’s Danish biker gang series review
Here we go – our final Nordic New Releases post for 2024! What a year it has been and it certainly has not finished yet with a whole bundle of new series, films, and books being released. FILMS & TV … Continue reading Nordic New Releases: December Monthly Guide
Christmas can be the most magical time of year. Full of tradition and warmth, it can often be a time for reflection, too. And, if you’re dealing with grief or loss in any way, memories of Christmas past may bubble … Continue reading The Snow Sister – Film Review
It could be argued that November provided some of the best Nordic content all year when it comes to the small screen. Netflix kicked the month off with Let Go and then followed it up with utterly gripping Helicopter Heist. … Continue reading Nordic Spotlight: Best in Screen and Page – November | Monthly Roundup
For the majority of the world, genealogy is nothing more than a fascinating hobby. In Iceland, family trees take on more importance as, due to the patronymic surname system of taking the name of your father as your last name, the risk of dating a … Continue reading The Clues in the Fjord by Satu Rämo – Book Review
Medical advancements are a wonderful thing, but what happens if the doctor sees that step forward as personal gratification rather than something for the societal better? It’s a premise that Hanna Nordenhök’s beautifully gothic Caesaria examines. Set in 19th Century Sweden, Doctor Eldh … Continue reading Caesaria by Hanna Nordenhök – Book Review
Based on a true story. Five little words that can make all the difference to your viewing experience. And whilst The Helicopter Heist doesn’t ever print them on screen, this is a crime drama that firmly has its basis in … Continue reading The Helicopter Heist – A must watch crime thriller on Netflix
There is nothing to fear except fear itself – except for a family and their housekeeper in rural Iceland. In the middle of a harsh winter, the fear in their minds is nothing compared with the real horror that awaits … Continue reading Can’t Run, Can’t Hide by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
There’s something about taking literary characters out of their traditional settings and exploring how the environment changes their dynamic. It’s a ploy Samuel Bjørk uses in Dead Island, the fifth instalment of his Munch and Krüger series, taking the detective … Continue reading Dead Island by Samuel Bjørk – Book Review
Jens Henrik Jensen’s Oxen book series consists of six thrillers, each centred around the titular character. A war veteran suffering from PTSD, Niels Oxen rejects conventional life and the trappings of the city. Instead, he prefers to spend time in … Continue reading Oxen – The explosive, pacy new Channel 4 thriller
One takeaway from 2024 is that both Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson and actress Elín Hall have become two names to look out for in the future. The pair teamed up for Rúnar’s new feature When the Light Breaks, which started … Continue reading When the Light Breaks Director Runar Runarsson and star Elin Hall talk to Nordic Watchlist
Victim. It is a widely used term that has many connotations. Many Nordic Noir novels look purely at the victims of a usually bloody crime. For Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger, however, the concept of victimhood is looked at … Continue reading Victim by Jørn Lier Horst and Thomas Enger – Book Review
There’s always a sense of epic journey in starting a Knausgård book and especially so when beginning a volume in the Morning Star series. It’s a major work and the latest instalment, The Third Realm, is an ambitious work. The … Continue reading The Third Realm by Karl Ove Knausgård – Book Review
I hope you are all ready for November because you are going to be spoilt with a huge mix of films, series, and books to enjoy! Here is our monthly guide to all the Nordic New Releases: October Monthly Guide … Continue reading Nordic New Releases: November Monthly Guide
Family life can be chaos. It can be arguments and everyone not liking the same dinner and forgetting something important for a special occasion. But it can also be love and laughter and everyone pulling together in the same direction. … Continue reading Let Go Film Review – Netflix’s emotional new family drama
October has been a busy month with London Film Festival and the release of some fantastic series on Viaplay! Here is our monthly Nordic Spotlight: Best in Screen and Page – October edition. TV SERIES: Secrets | Viaplay UK & … Continue reading Nordic Spotlight: Best in Screen and Page – October | Monthly Roundup
Pilou Asbæk is up there as one of the most recognisable faces from Denmark when it comes to film and television. His work in both Hollywood and the Nordics has propelled him to be a household name with a wide … Continue reading Pilou Asbaek ‘comes home’ with new Viaplay series Secrets
My Eternal Summer is director Sylvia Le Fanu’s beautiful debut feature, which had its premiere at the San Sebastián Film Festival, and is now screening at the London International Film Festival. It’s competing in the ‘First Feature Competition’ and those … Continue reading My Eternal Summer – Director Sylvia Le Fanu discusses her beautiful debut film based on personal loss
When The Light Breaks opens with a shot of student Una (Elín Hall) staring at a stunning sunset while stoned and sharing a romantic moment with her boyfriend Diddi (Baldur Einarsson), “I’m tired of this secrecy” she says. Diddi makes … Continue reading When The Light Breaks – Review from London Film Festival
Ensemble dramedies are a television staple. We are invited into the lives of friends, family and loved ones for a brief moment and are guided gently through their trials and triumphs. It’s a genre that feels familiar; cosy. It’s perhaps … Continue reading In-Depth Review of Viaplay’s All and Eva TV Series
